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Charitymates 4 Group Shot - Click to view larger image!

Charitymates is proud to announce that our first wave of custom Minimate auctions is now live and ready for bids!

This year our group of generous customizers was tasked with creating unique robot characters. The resulting customs are amazing in both their creativity and their craftsmanship. A second wave of auctions will begin next week, with even more block figure creations.

Charitymates is an annual charity event held at the Minimate Multiverse. During this event, Minimate customizers (veteran and novice alike) create and donate a Minimate custom based on a theme chosen by the community. These unique creations are then auctioned off on eBay with 75% of the proceeds going to a specific charity (also chosen by the community) and the remaining 25% helping with the operation costs of the Minimate Multiverse.

This year’s charity is Convoy of Hope, a 501©3 nonprofit organization that feeds the hungry and provides pure drinking water to people in need across the United States and around the world. To date, the organization has provided real help to 34.8 million people in 109 countries and 46 states. Lauded for its effectiveness and efficiency, Convoy of Hope mobilizes thousands of volunteers each year to deliver food and supplies and to offer hope to the poor and suffering.

You can view the first wave of Charitymates auction here on eBay: http://bit.ly/cBRxlC

Velociraptor

Our second monthly charity auction starts today! The item up for bid is the velociraptor custom minimate seen above. All proceeds will support Convoy of Hope, just like last month’s auction, which raised $31.00. This is a 3 day auction ending on May 20th. You can view the auction here on ebay: Velociraptor Custom Minimate

I would love to see another $30 go to charity!

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Metal Skeleton with claws

Our first monthly charity auction starts today! The item up for bid is the metal skeleton custom minimate seen above. All proceeds will support Convoy of Hope, just like the larger Charitymates event coming in June. This is a 5 day auction ending on April 28th. You can view the auction here on ebay: Metal Skeleton Custom Minimate

Go get ‘em!

Charitymates is an annual charity event held at the Minimate Multiverse. During this event, Minimate customizers (veteran and novice alike) create and donate a Minimate custom based on a theme chosen by the community. These unique creations are then auctioned off on eBay with 75% of the proceeds going to a specific charity (also chosen by the community) and the remaining 25% helping with the operation costs of the Minimate Multiverse.

I am creating this web site in order to help promote this event through the entire collecting community. I think it is a wonderful concept, and I really wanted to see it grow and flourish. In the coming weeks I will post details on our previous three Charitymates events, so you can see all of the amazing customs that were donated.

Here are the details on our fourth Charitymates event:

Charitymates 4: A Convoy of Robots

Custom Robot Minimates limited only by your imagination will gather to support Convoy of Hope!

If you are interested in participating, head on over to the Charitymates 4 thread at MMV. I will be managing this event and creating the eBay auction. All entries must arrive by June 1st, and they will need to be characters of your own creation. Feel free to post any questions here, or in that thread. We already have 21 customizers who have pledged to make a custom, and I am hoping we can get even more participants before the deadline! You can read more about Convoy of Hope on their web site here.

Year-Round Charity Auctions

I also want to announce that even though the annual Charitymates event will be our main focus, I will be expanding this site to include year-round charity auctions. I am pledging to auction off one custom Minimate each month for charity. The characters and charities might change each time, and it might fall on a different date each month. The first auction is coming in April!

I have had an amazing time participating in the last three Charitymates event, and the experience has made me want to do even more. That is the inspiration for these monthly auctions, and I encourage other customizers to join me. You wouldn’t have to commit to anything regular, but once the big Charitymates 4 event has ended, you might get the itch to make another custom for a good cause.

Notifications and Updates

If you would like to be notified when the auctions start for both the large annual event and the smaller monthly offerings,  you can follow our RSS feed, or follow me on Twitter. Later I will be setting up a Facebook page and a newsletter.

That’s all for now, thanks for looking!

-Luke Porter